Post your favorite sweet potato/yam recipes!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • needles85365
    needles85365 Posts: 491 Member
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    Bump. Have always microwaved and eaten with butter. But these sound really good as well.
  • cuterbee
    cuterbee Posts: 545
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    Some of these sound really good!
  • Christabelle79
    Christabelle79 Posts: 80 Member
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    Daigakuimo!

    2 Sweet Potatoes chopped into chunks
    1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
    2 tbsp Splenda
    Toasted Black Sesame Seeds
    A few drops of Soy Sauce

    Cook potatoes in oil until brown. Add Splenda and cover. Steam/fry until the potatoes are tender. Add soy sauce and mix. Dish and top with sesame seeds. Serves 4 (or one really hungry Christabelle)
  • Lucassvg
    Lucassvg Posts: 190 Member
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    I was brought up on this dessert. Best eaten cold and sliced

    Sweet potato pudding

    2 lbs white sweet potatoes, grated
    1/2 cup flour
    1/4 lb raisins
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    5 cups coconut milk (2 coconuts)
    1 cup brown sugar
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 ounce butter (melted)

    Directions:

    1. Preheat oven to 350°F

    2. Mix grated potato, flour, raisins and baking powder.

    3. Mix , coconut milk, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, salt, and butter.

    4. Pour milk mixture into potato mixture and beat until smooth.

    5. Pour into a greased 9-inch pan.

    6. Rest mixture about half hour.

    7. Bake at 350°F about 1 to 1 1/2 hours until centre is set
  • Lucassvg
    Lucassvg Posts: 190 Member
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    White sweet potato is nice eaten the following ways.

    Baked in the jacket
    Oven chips
    Boiled and mashed
    Boiled and eaten with mackeral in tomato
    Left over boiled sweet potato is nice sliced and shallow fried with a sunny side up egg (great breakfast)
  • hungergames324
    hungergames324 Posts: 240 Member
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    I love to bake it in the oven at 350 for around an hour. Then adding some Ghee!

    Sweet potato fries, cut season with salt and pepper (or however you like) and some olive oil. Bake 350 until crispy.
  • amwisner
    amwisner Posts: 4 Member
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    Microwave a sweet potato, leaving slightly firm, cut into centimeter-thick round slices, spread a little cajeta on top and eat like a cookie. Alt: slightly melt semi-sweet chocolate chips on top. Alt: salt, chili & lime on top.
  • jnn0409
    jnn0409 Posts: 171 Member
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    BUMP!!!

    That Sweet Potato Pudding sounds amazing! Yum yum yum!
  • bikinisuited
    bikinisuited Posts: 881 Member
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    Sweet Potato Pudding:
    1 medium sweet potato
    1/4 cup Greek yogurt
    Cinnamon
    Cayenne Lots of protein and great filling snack!

    This sounds great! Plain yogurt or have you tried it w/flavored?

    It is a great idea. I do plain to watch sugar intake. Not a bad idea.
  • upgetupgetup
    upgetupgetup Posts: 749 Member
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    bake or boil til soft (with skin or not)

    separately: use tiny bit of butter to fry chopped green onions

    reintroduce yam/s

    mash with fork

    top with a lean cured ham of your choice, and greek yogurt
  • upgetupgetup
    upgetupgetup Posts: 749 Member
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    I love to bake it in the oven at 350 for around an hour. Then adding some Ghee!

    Sweet potato fries, cut season with salt and pepper (or however you like) and some olive oil. Bake 350 until crispy.

    How do you get them crispy, with olive oil?
  • babynew
    babynew Posts: 613 Member
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    Great Ideas Here
    I am So Glad I clicked on This!
    Thanks :flowerforyou:
  • ferrytrip
    ferrytrip Posts: 497 Member
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    That’s a vegetable? Right ?
  • tvanhooser
    tvanhooser Posts: 326 Member
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    Well I haven't actually tried these yet so I can't say if they are good yet but I was looking through a list of low calorie lunches that I saved a while back today and I saw these two sweet potato recipes that look good to try so are going on my list for my next shopping trip:
    Stuffed Sweet Potato: 365 calories
    Why it rules: Greek yogurt is a great swap for sour cream on this potato.
    1 cooked sweet potato, sliced: 100 calories
    3 slices cooked turkey bacon, crumbled: 130 calories
    1/4 cup Greek yogurt: 30 calories
    1/2 scallion, chopped: 5 calories
    Side Snack: 5 Kashi 7-grain crackers with 1 stick reduced-fat string cheese (100 calories)

    Sweet Potato And ****ake Mushroom Salad: 370 calories
    Why it rules: Sweet potatoes are filled with fiber and vitamins!
    1 cup spinach: 5 calories
    1 cooked sweet potato, sliced: 100 calories
    4 ****ake mushrooms, sliced: 40 calories
    1/4 cup feta cheese: 100 calories
    2 slices tomato: 10 calories
    1 tablespoon olive oil: 110 calories
    1 tablespoon Dijon mustard: 5 calories
    1 squeeze lemon juice: < 1 calorie
    Side Snack: 1 cup halved strawberries and ½ a banana, sliced (100 calories)
  • terrigrace
    terrigrace Posts: 199 Member
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    Sliced very thin - I use a vegetable peeler and just shave slices off - place in a single layer on a paper plate or microwavable dish and microwave until brown and crispy. spinkle with seasonings. I like just a bit of kosher salt, but cinnamon/sugar or spicy spices work well too. Pampered chef makes an awesome set of silicone mats that go in the microwave, just for making chips like this. I'll make less than half a potato to go with a sandwich or a bowl of soup. I've even been known to make a batch to nibble for a sports event. Better than my favorite kettle chips!
  • terrigrace
    terrigrace Posts: 199 Member
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    Found a link to a microwave potato chip maker on Amazon, if anyone would like to see what I'm talking about:

    http://www.amazon.com/Mastrad-A64501-Top-Chips-Maker/dp/B004Z762VA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358324809&sr=8-1&keywords=pampered+chef+potato+chip+maker
  • haroon_awan
    haroon_awan Posts: 1,208 Member
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJJRSIikHA
  • kazb0t
    kazb0t Posts: 33 Member
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    Just made this last night and it was delish!

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    I microwave-steamed half a yam for 4 minutes(little too soft, 3 next time!), then sliced into the flesh like you would when you cube avocados, opened it up and sprayed Pam over top and sprinkled some salt and pepper. Then I put it under the broiler for about 5 minutes before sprinkling on some grated parmesan and broiling another few minutes until it's nice a toasty looking!

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    Sooo good!
  • SophinMaine
    SophinMaine Posts: 48 Member
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    My favorite:

    Cut up sweet potatoes and butternut squash in smallish pieces.

    In a bowl, combine olive oil, salt ( I use Herbamare sea salt with organic herbs and veggies) & pepper, garlic powder, cumin, ginger, coriander, and thyme+sage or herbes de Provence.

    Add the sweet potato and squash pieces and coat them with the mixture by tossing well, then place them in a single layer on a baking sheet.

    Preheat oven to 375, then bake for about 40 mn or until tender.

    YUM!
  • ScottishGirlT
    ScottishGirlT Posts: 2
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    Slight twist on a Jamie Oliver recipe (seen on his 30 minute meals)

    Pierce a few sweet potatoes and put them in a microwavable bowl. Cut a lemon in half and add to the bowl also (both halves). Cover the bowl in clingfilm, pierce a few times and microwave until ready (use own judgement - depends on how many sweet potatoes are used).

    After they are ready, place them on a chopping board and mash them up with the skins on. Drizzle with a little olive oil, add some chopped coriander (cilantro?) and seasoning and then crumble some feta cheese over them. Mix together and voila! Lovely as a side dish or on it's own.

    Jamie used normal baking potatoes as well in this recipe but I make it healthier by just using the sweet potatoes. Otherwise it's the same recipe!

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